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Forest Service Reorg - Progress or Politics
The best-case scenario here is to be able to replace those employees and get better ones. I think there are certainly places where contracting makes sense. It seems that in your instance it does.- sclancy27
- Post #150
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Montana draw 2026
Let's compare to Wyoming. WY had ~230,000 mule deer in 2024, MT had ~250,000 mule deer in 2024. WY total MD harvest = 14,179 bucks, 38.4% of MD bucks were harvested by NR MT total MD harvest = 33,627 bucks, 30.9% harvested by NR. Remember, MT had a similarly sized MD population to WY...- sclancy27
- Post #372
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Antler Point Restrictions
If you do LE and APRs then you get old bucks with either 3x3 or 2x2, whatever your APR is. There's no practical use for APRs, only a "feel good" or emotional argument not based on fact. -
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Nevada - Is it Worth it?
I've drawn NV 2x in 6 years, but I'm not holding out for the mother of all tags. I could have killed a buck each time, but I was looking for "The Buck". I found "The Buck" both times but just couldn't get him killed (archery). I'll keep applying for NV.- sclancy27
- Post #194
- Forum: Tag, Applications, Maps & E-Scouting
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Red Dots for Muzzleloaders
I figured you could use some proof of life...- sclancy27
- Post #13
- Forum: Muzzleloaders
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Antler Point Restrictions
I'm all for people laying the hammer on 1.5 year old forkies. It's the best way to randomly harvest (since there is not much phenotypical variation between individuals yet) and, like you state above, they have a high annual mortality rate anyway. -
What are you guys paying for gas?
Yipes, that is a lot of driving. Sound like you need a Honda Fit...- sclancy27
- Post #3,170
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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What are you guys paying for gas?
I'd like to see the numbers on that. You must be driving a ton. I just ran the numbers on what $5 diesel vs $3.50 Diesel and $4 gas vs $2.75 gas does to my yearly budget at 7000 miles and 12,000 miles respectively. It ended up being ~$1200-1400 for the year.- sclancy27
- Post #3,165
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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What are you guys paying for gas?
I like to track it all so I can contextualize how much of a degenerate I am at the end of the year.- sclancy27
- Post #3,161
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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What are you guys paying for gas?
I burned $250 of diesel last weekend to go turkey hunting....totally worth it.- sclancy27
- Post #3,159
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Antler Point Restrictions
They manage for the public trust, which partly means not decimate populations and partly means managing for social pressures. Anymore, I think most bios would agree that the social part is the overwhelming majority of their jobs. -
Forest Service Reorg - Progress or Politics
That's been the plan for 40 years. Look at the increase of contracting services. Federal contracts were ~$440 Billion in 2015, estimate for 2025 is ~$830 Billion....That's $6.35 Trillion contracting over the last 10 yrs. We are far better served have government employees do the work (for the...- sclancy27
- Post #144
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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New bill about blinds near troughs
Give the specific units and I can look up the data. The units in AZ I've hunted archery the success rates were ~5%. I could look up hunter days per successful harvest Someone already described the unit as "the only water sources are cattle troughs, there is no natural water". -
New bill about blinds near troughs
We agree on this, I don't want them making those decisions. Your argument should be you don't want the legislature involved in method of take or other regulations for hunting. That's the commissions job. -
New bill about blinds near troughs
So you're saying people sit in blinds because it's hard? I've sat waterholes plenty in AZ with a bow and rifle for deer. I could have shot bucks every single day. The point is you can still hunt those areas for antelope all you want. That's the definition of access. -
New bill about blinds near troughs
So this bill said you can't hunt public land...? That's like saying they are "closing off access" to public land because they aren't allowing me to drive a UTV all over it. -
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New bill about blinds near troughs
Yea, it changes in MT depending on where you are, but most of the state is fence out.
